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What Causes Dizziness And Balance Issues?

Hi, I have been having some issues with kind of dizziness and a little bit of balance issues when I m up and walking. These seemed to start when I started taking naturethroid 68 mg for my Hypothyroidism last Wed ( a week ago). My doctor switched me to it about 3 weeks ago, but the first two weeks I took a sample he gave me which had only 48 mg and I did not have any of these symptoms. My pharmacist told me to stop taking (68 mg pills) it immediately because she said what I m experiencing is a side effect. The last dose I took was Sunday morning. I have not been on any Thyroid medication for the last three days. I m going back on levithyroxine 75 mg, that I was on before the switch, tomorrow morning. The reason why my doctor put me on was because my T3 levels were low, but still in the normal range. My question is if these are side effects why are they not gone by now? It has been 3 days since my last dose? Could it be something else causing the symptoms? I keep thinking what if it is a brain tumor??? It a making me feel very scared. Please help!
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The levithyroxin dose should be increased if the T3 levels are low and it usually does not cause dizziness. If you were OK with levithyroxine 75 better continue with that. Do you have any motor / sensory deficit (weakness / numbness in limbs) or headache? If you do not have these symptoms the chances of brain tumor are less. The causes of dizziness are many and if your symptoms persist or aggravate you would need detail examination by the specialist.
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What Causes Dizziness And Balance Issues?

The levithyroxin dose should be increased if the T3 levels are low and it usually does not cause dizziness. If you were OK with levithyroxine 75 better continue with that. Do you have any motor / sensory deficit (weakness / numbness in limbs) or headache? If you do not have these symptoms the chances of brain tumor are less. The causes of dizziness are many and if your symptoms persist or aggravate you would need detail examination by the specialist.